In Response to the Overthrow of the Somoza Government by Revolutionaries

question 21

Multiple Choice

In response to the overthrow of the Somoza government by revolutionaries in Nicaragua, the Reagan administration _________________.

• A) endorsed the Contadora peace plan backed by other Latin American nations
• B) relied on peaceful persuasion to encourage the Nicaraguan people to protest the new government's human-rights abuses
• C) secured the support of European allies to cut off trade with Nicaragua
• D) used the CIA to covertly train and arm counterrevolutionaries whose own goal it was to overthrow the Sandinista government

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